TED: Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_piketty_new_thoughts_on_capital_in_the_twenty_first_century

TED: Francis de los Reyes: Sanitation is a basic human right

http://www.ted.com/talks/francis_de_los_reyes_sanitation_is_a_basic_human_right

TED: Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer.

http://www.ted.com/talks/matthew_o_reilly_am_i_dying_the_honest_answer

TED: Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data

http://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data

TED: Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door

http://www.ted.com/talks/mac_barnett_why_a_good_book_is_a_secret_door

TED: Andrew Connolly: What's the next window into our universe?

http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_connolly_what_s_the_next_window_into_our_universe

TED: Hans and Ola Rosling: How not to be ignorant about the world

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world

TED: Nancy Kanwisher: The brain is a Swiss Army knife

http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_kanwisher_the_brain_is_a_swiss_army_knife

TED: Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere

http://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_tiny_forest_anywhere

TED: Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist?

http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_holt_why_does_the_universe_exist

TED: Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding

http://www.ted.com/talks/rose_goslinga_crop_insurance_an_idea_worth_seeding

TED: Martin Rees: Can we prevent the end of the world?

http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_rees_can_we_prevent_the_end_of_the_world

TED: Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_a_magna_carta_for_the_web

TED: Clint Smith: The danger of silence

http://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence

TED: Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand civic power

http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_why_ordinary_people_need_to_understand_power

TED: Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming

http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming

TED: Janet Iwasa: How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis

http://www.ted.com/talks/janet_iwasa_how_animations_can_help_scientists_test_a_hypothesis

TED: Hubertus Knabe: The dark secrets of a surveillance state

http://www.ted.com/talks/hubertus_knabe_the_dark_secrets_of_a_surveillance_state

You are here. (Cool NYC maps)

http://youarehere.cc/#/maps/by-city/new_york

TED: Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime

http://www.ted.com/talks/heather_barnett_what_humans_can_learn_from_semi_intelligent_slime_1

TED: Karima Bennoune: When people of Muslim heritage confront fundamentalism

http://www.ted.com/talks/karima_bennoune_the_side_of_terrorism_that_doesn_t_make_headlines

TED: Renata Salecl: Our unhealthy obsession with choice

http://www.ted.com/talks/renata_salecl_our_unhealthy_obsession_with_choice

TED: Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future

http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future

TED: Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"

http://www.ted.com/talks/joi_ito_want_to_innovate_become_a_now_ist

TED: George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me

http://www.ted.com/talks/george_takei_why_i_love_a_country_that_once_betrayed_me

TED: Paul Bloom: Can prejudice ever be a good thing?

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_can_prejudice_ever_be_a_good_thing

TED: Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world?

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world

TED: Sara Lewis: The loves and lies of fireflies

http://www.ted.com/talks/sara_lewis_the_loves_and_lies_of_fireflies

TED: Chris Domas: The 1s and 0s behind cyber warfare

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_domas_the_1s_and_0s_behind_cyber_warfare

TED: Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen

TED: Naomi Oreskes: Why we should believe in science

http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_oreskes_why_we_should_believe_in_science

TED: Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices

http://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices

TED: Anne Curzan: What makes a word “real”?

http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real

TED: Uri Alon: Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown

http://www.ted.com/talks/uri_alon_why_truly_innovative_science_demands_a_leap_into_the_unknown

TED: Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest

http://www.ted.com/talks/will_potter_the_shocking_move_to_criminalize_non_violent_protest

TED: Keren Elazari: Hackers: the Internet's immune system

http://www.ted.com/talks/keren_elazari_hackers_the_internet_s_immune_system

TED: Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_the_secrets_of_nature_s_grossest_creatures_channeled_into_robots

TED: Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing

TED: The Fermi Paradox

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

TED: Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking

http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking